Coat o airms o Chile
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The coat o airms o Chile dates frae 1834 an wis designed bi the Inglis airtist Charles Wood Taylor. It is made up bi a figurative backgrund dividit in twa equal pairts: the tap ane is blue an the bottom, red. A five pointit white starn is in the centre o the shield. This backgrund is supportit in ane side bi a condor, the maist significant bird o prey frae the Andes, an in the ither, bi a huemul, the maist singular an rare mammal o the Chilean territory. Baith ainimals hae in thair heids the navy's gowden croun, seembol o the heroic deeds o the Chilean Navy in the Paceefic Ocean.
The coat o airms is crouned bi a three feathered crest; each feather bearin ane colour: blue, white an reid. This crest wis a seembol o distinction that umwhile Presidents o the Republic uised tae wear on thair hats.
Unnerneath the coat o airms an on the ellaboratit pedestal, thare is a white baund wi the motto: "Por la Razón o la Fuerza" ("Bi reason or bi force").
This emblem is the last o a series o variations due tae diverse circumstances an unnerstaundins.